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  1. Missouri One came to town today. This is such a frustrating shot to get the way I want it -- I wish I could get a shot with the airplane more centered between the trees. But I'm kinda at the mercy of the frame rate of the camera. #southwestAirlines #MissouriOne #N280WN

  2. It was an alarm-clock morning, because there was no chance I was letting Tennessee One escape my lens. This one’s a bit of a recent transplant (livery moved over in early 2026 to N8555Z).
 Nice to have persuaded a friend along for the company (and the BTS coverage). #N8555Z #TennesseeOne #SouthwestAirlines

  3. Southwest’s Imua One over the fence at Santa Barbara—the objective of my first bike ride to the airport in several weeks. This is what I affectionately call the cement mixing plant view of runway 25. #ImuaOne #SouthwestAirlines #N8710M

  4. I realized the setting sun would line up almost perfectly with Runway 25 at SBA this evening. The winds favored it, and a Southwest flight from Oakland was due in just minutes before sunset.

    So I waited in a nearby parking lot.

    When the moment came, I sprang into action: drove up to the right spot along the fence, parked (illegally), set up a ladder and climbed it, jabbed the shutter… then back to the car in a flash and made my getaway.

    #planespotting #goldenhour #sunset #southwestairlines

  5. Today, I bought tickets for the 1st time on #SpiritAirlines.

    Why? Well, #SouthwestAirlines was charging $900 for 2 people to & from LA to Vegas.

    Spirit? $500. And this price included 2 checked bags, to & from. Saving the $400 is purely on principle.

    Anyway, pray for me.

    #spiritairlines #LasVegas

  6. This classic LaGuardia Airport shot has eluded me for years. I find myself in New York City only once or twice a year, but you need arrivals on runway 4 for this scene — which has never happened on prior trips. Today that changed.
    Southwest 737 MAX 8 N8834L coming in from Chicago Midway around 8 AM.
    #southwestairlines #laguardiaairport #N8834L

  7. Weekly output: T-Mobile Live Translation, Android 17, Southwest Airlines + Starlink

    Despite Las Vegas not being my favorite travel destination, I returned there barely a month after coming home from CES. My excuse this time was the consumer-experience management firm Medallia inviting me to its conference there, travel expenses included; after some back and forth with their PR firm that raised the possibility of my moderating a panel at their event, I decided to accept the offer. The speaking gig did not work out, but I did learn a fair amount about the state of CX these days.

    2/11/2026: T-Mobile Debuts AI-Backed Live Language Translation, No App Needed, PCMag

    T-Mobile had offered me an advance on this news last week without sharing any details about it until Tuesday afternoon, right after my flight to Vegas had taken off. Then I realized that their press release left out such critical details as whether this network-hosted AI translation would keep any transcripts, so I sent back a series of follow-up questions; answers arrived just in time for me to finish the post before showing up to dinner half an hour late.

    2/11/2026: Google (Almost) Announces First Beta of Android 17, Emphasizing Flexibility For Larger-Screen Devices, PCMag

    This post written off Google’s embargoed announcement ran in two versions–one describing the release of Android 17’s first beta as an event that had just happened, then one posted later Wednesday reporting that Google had pushed back that release without explanation. This is nowhere near the first time I’ve seen software releases not happen on schedule, but it is the first time I can remember that a company clicked “undo” on an embargoed announcement an hour after the embargo time.

    2/12/2026: Southwest Airlines Will Switch Part of Its In-Flight Wi-Fi to Starlink, PCMag

    Southwest’s announcement of this went out late enough Wednesday that nobody on staff at PCMag was able to pick it up then, allowing me to file this Thursday morning. I had hoped that the time in between would allow Southwest’s PR office to answer the questions I’d e-mailed Wednesday afternoon, but I never heard anything back.

    #Android17 #cx #GooglePR #inflightWiFi #LasVegas #Mediallia #pressEmbargo #SouthwestAirlines #SpaceX #Starlink #TMobile #TMobileLiveTranslation #translation #Vegas #WN
  8. Judge Laughs Aloud at #TSA

    Court outburst came as agency pursues $48m fine on #SouthwestAirlines for not handling gov mandated Transportation Safety Administration fees on passenger tickets to agency liking.

    The $48 Million Fine was demanded of #SWA #Airline for apparently keeping TSA imposed #PassengerFees from cancelled flights that agency mandates, but gov agency claims it is too incompetent and bass ackwards to handle collecting and/or processing itself...

    viewfromthewing.com/judge-laug #GovBS #Crapitalism #Travel

  9. Southwest 8510 departing SBA for LAS on Tuesday morning. An 8xxx flight number hints at a reposition after some earlier hiccup, and sure enough—the climbout was steeper than usual. No wide-angle lens today (I was on the bike), so this one’s all iPhone. #avgeek #planespotting #SouthwestAirlines

  10. I was today years old when I learned Southwest Airlines has a plane stickered up in honor of Charles E. Taylor, the mechanic responsible for the engine used by the Wright brothers. Here she is coming over the fence on a foggy morning in Santa Barbara. #southwestairlines #boeing #boeing737 #N906WN

  11. Southwest Airlines is considering expanding to DFW Airport 🛫

    Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan says the company says they have plans to expand to DFW International Airport soon.

    youtube.com/watch?v=_Zlta7gPn28

    #SouthwestAirlines #DFW #DFWAirport #Dallas #Texas #AirTravel #Travel #LoveField #Airport #WrightAmendment

  12. Fly Directly To Wine! Southwest Adds Sonoma County to Its Network

    Southwest Airlines will begin service from Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, starting April 7, 2026. The airline will offer nonstop …
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #CaliforniaWine #ai-assisted #california #californiawine #nonstopflights #santarosa #SonomaCountyAirport #SouthwestAirlines #Wine #winecountry
    diningandcooking.com/2284849/f

  13. Gizmodo: Passenger Assaulted in Viral TikTok Video Sues Southwest Airlines, Blames Seating Plan. “Video footage went viral on social media earlier this summer after an intoxicated woman was seen on a Southwest Airlines flight pulling [Livia Rombola]’s hair and shouting abusive things before being subdued and arrested. Now the woman who was attacked has filed a lawsuit against her attacker and […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/31/gizmodo-passenger-assaulted-in-viral-tiktok-video-sues-southwest-airlines-blames-seating-plan/